RDC Subcommittees

Membership

Co-chairs

  • Jason Mierek, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  • Gill Snyder, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute*

Activities

  • Develop and implement member survey
    • December 2022, IRB approved
  • Develop member database (names, units, role in research development)
  • Develop member onboarding
  • Create and initiate research development awards and recognition program
  • Develop mentoring program for research development professionals on campus

Strategic Research Support

Activities

  • Work with OVCRI to develop database of the resources in the common facilities on campus
  • Develop Broader Impacts database
  • Develop and evaluate tools for the campus
    • Funding databases
    • iThenticate
  • Develop resources for proposal elements (such as boilerplate text)
  • Increase research development representation on campus-wide committees
  • Identify campus units and offices with research development personnel and define activities
  • Develop strategies for research development professionals to promote diversity and gender equity in the UIUC research enterprise

Education

Co-chairs

Activities

  • Develop research enterprise training for new research development professionals and new faculty members
  • Develop research development-specific leadership training
  • Organize seminars and workshops on topics of interest to the UIUC research enterprise, including:
    • Justice40 Initiative
    • Team Science
    • Broader Impacts
  • Develop an internship program for postdocs, grad students, faculty, staff to learn about research development careers
    • Currently leveraging the Graduate College Career Exploration Fellowship Program to work with RDC Graduate Fellows

Outreach

Co-chairs

Activities

  • Develop and manage an events calendar to inform RDC members regarding events at external research development-related organizations
  • Liaise with NORDP, NORDP Great Lakes, ARIS, INSciTS
  • Host debrief events from regional and national research development organizations; make available to RDC
  • Build relationships with other research development offices at other institutions

*Denotes co-chair who also serves on RDC’s executive committee.